hello, I have been decorating cakes for about six months now and I have tried two chocolate cake recipies. One recipie results in a cake that is too soft and crumbly therefore hard to decorate. The other is too hard and dry and not pleasent to eat. I would be extremely greatfull if I could have recipies of cakes that would be ideal to decorate and nice to eat. Also how to adjust them to a 10'', a 12'' and a 7'' tins[img][/img]

Hi and welcome to CC, rohima. )

Decoding CC acronyms:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926-.html

The white almond sour cream (WASC) cake recipe combines the reliability of a mix with a more homemade taste.

Here's the expanded flavors verson of the recipe:

http://tinyurl.com/2cu8s4

Using DH white cake mixes the full recipe yields a tad over 14 cups of batter so it's perfect for larger or multiple cake pans.

Here's another chocolate version by wgoat5:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-587744-.html

Link to all four Wilton cake preparation and sevings guides:
Gives batter requirements by pan size as well as recommended baking temps. and time & more. Although some CC members bake all their cakes at 325F and just increase the time.)

http://www.wilton.com/cake/cakeprep/baking/times/index.cfm

Batter requirements for Fat Daddios pans:
(For odd size pans.)

http://tinyurl.com/4pc8a5

Popular scratch recipes:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2273-White-Cake.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2257-118-MOIST-Vanilla-Cake.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2095-30-Chocolate-Layer-Cake.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-7015-17-BEST-GOLD-CAKE.html

Most scratch recipes can be doubled without problems but after that the amount of leavener should be adjusted down.

However, since your largest pan is 10", you should be fine.

HTH

thank you for this information. pardon my ignorance what is leavener?

baking powder and soda

Thank you JanH for listing those recipes.

JanH, you crack me up with your 'knowledge at your fingertips'.

You were mentioned on another post as we were mentioning your 'delicious' avatars!

You're very welcome, angi1972.

There are a lot of good recipes with more being added (almost daily) in the CC recipes section.

Glad you're enjoying them.

Fortunately, the eye candy is a guiltless treat which contains NO calories to be deposited on your waist, hips, etc.

And answering posts on CC allows me to exercise my mind (which is in much better shape than the body its in.)